The Morals of Hilda

The Morals of Hilda

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 11, 1916

Runtime

0h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

The Morals of Hilda

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Director

Lloyd B. Carleton

Description

Recent immigrants August and Hilda cannot understand the American emphasis on weddings, because in their country, couples never get married. Fearing that he will be arrested for living with a woman who is not his wife, August stows away on a ship and dies in a wreck at sea. Afterward, Hilda tries to commit suicide, but the wealthy Esther Grail saves her, and then adopts her infant son Stephen. Years later, Esther tells him the circumstances of his birth, and so Stephen goes on a crusade for the rights of illegitimate children.